"This [extremely critical system] could be replaced with a Raspberry Pi to save money."

There is a reason you will never be an engineer. :blobdisapproval:

@Jo I'm guessing this is a bit different than when I say to myself something like "this PS3" or "this old PC running a basic SMB server".

@onfy Traffic lights in this case, but I still remember the pillock who claimed you could run a space shuttle on a Pi some years ago.

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@Jo @onfy I mean the Mars mission ran on inexpensive ARM hardware but with redundancies

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